Pipe.



No. 879,791. PATENTED FEB. 1S, 1908.

F. P. NOURSB.

PIPE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 29,1.907.

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FRANK P. NOURSE, OF LEWISTON, IDAHO.

PIPE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 18, 1908.

Application filed May 29 1907. Serial No. 376.256-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK P. NOURSE, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Lewiston, in the county of Nez Perce and State of Idaho,have invented a new and Improved Pipe, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

This invention is an improvement in pipes, the purpose of'which is toprovide for the collecting of the saliva and nicotin as it passes to andfrom the bowl, and the easy re moval of the same in cleansing the pipewhen desired also to provide for the cutting of the charred tobacco andother collected matter from the bottom of the bowl, whereby it will fallout with the ashes, etc.

I accomplish the above objects by my invention, which, generally stated,consists of a plug having a beveled end with a l0ngitu dinal groove anda transverse aperture passing through the plug at the bottom of thegroove. The plug is inserted within an opening formed in the rear of thestem portion of the bowl leading therethrough to the bottom of the bowlscup, at which point the beveled end of the plug is located when the plugis in operative position.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a central, vertical section through a pipe with myimprovement applied thereto, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of theplug shown in Fig. 1.

A pipe constructed in accordance with my invention, comprises a bowl 1of any desired shape or material, having the usual stem portion 2 formedintegral therewith at one side, said stem portion beingangularly-arranged as is common in pipes of the curved stem type. Thestem portion 2 in my improved pipe, however, differs from the ordinaryform of pipe in that it is provided with a swelled portion 3 near itsbottom, through which passes an opening leading to the bottom of the cupof the bowl. Within this opening is placed a plug shown in section inFig. 1 and in perspective in Fig. 2, consisting of a conical body 4having the inner end beveled, as indicated at 5, and its oppositeenlarged end provided with a milled-head 6. A longitudinal slot 7 is cutwithin the body of the plug at right angles to its tapered end 5, whichprovides communication between the cup of the bowl and the stem thereof.As clearly shown in Fig. 1, the location of the plug is such as to cutoff the bottom portion of the stem 2 and form an inclosed well orchamber 8 with which the slot 7 in the plug communicates through anaperture 9, the latter pass ing transversely through the plug at the bottom of said slot.

The major portion of the saliva and nicotin, when the pipe is in use,will collect within the slot 7 of the plug. A part of the same will,however, pass through the aperture 9 into the well 8, where it will beconfined. In cleansing the pipe by revolving the plug, the beveledextremity 5 cuts the charred tobacco and other collected matter from thebottom of the bowl which will fall out when the ashes, etc. are emptied.By withdrawing the plug from the bowl, the collected matter within thegroove of the plug may be easily cleaned by a match-stem or other likedevice, and the contents of the bowl 8 emptied through the opening inthe rear of the stem portion 2. By this construction it is possible toeasily keep the pipe clean and in a fit condition to be smoked.

The invention as shown and described, although being the preferred,practical con struction of the same, is, obviously susceptible ofnumerous modifications falling within the scope of the annexed claims.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A pipe comprising a bowl having a stem portion leading from the sidethereof, and a plug intersecting said stem portion of the pipe andpassing to the bottom of the cup of the bowl, having a longitudinalgroove forming communication between the cup and said stem portion.

2. A pipe comprising a bowl having a stem portion at the side thereofwith an opening passing through said stem portion to the bottom of thecup of the bowl, and a plug seated in said opening, cutting off thebottom portion of the stem and providing an inclosed chamber, said plughaving a longitudinal groove forming communication between the cup ofthe bowl and the stem, with an aperture passing through the bottom ofsaid groove to said chamber.

3. A pipe comprising a bowl having a stem portion at the side thereof,and a removable plug intersecting said stem portion and passing to thebottom of the cuphaving a beveled inner end operable to cut t ecollected matter from the bottom of said cup.

4. In a pipe, a plug having a beveled extremity, and a longitudinalgroove with "an aperture passing transversely through the plug at thebottom of the groove.

5. In a pipe, a conical plug having a head formed on its enlarged end,the inner end of said plug being beveled and provided with alongitudinal groove with an aperture passing through the bottom of thegroove.

6. A pipe comprising a bowl consisting of a cup with a stem portion atthe side thereof,

and a conical plug having a beveled inner,

end passing through the stem portion into thej cup, said plug having alongitudinal groove providing communication between the stem portion andthe cup, with an aperture passing through the plug at the bottom of saidgroove.

7. A pipe comprising a bowl having a stem portion and a plugintersecting the stem portion forming a chamber at the bottom thereofand passing into the bowl, said plug having means providingcommunication between the stem portion, chamber and bowl.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK P. NOURSE; Witnesses JNo. W. GREB, C. D. BOREN.

